I keep wondering what, in me, might be constant. I catch myself looking for that remainder, retracing my steps as if in search of lost keys. I am always wondering if there’s something holy between people, a formless thing, something that can’t be bruised… But maybe I really did sense something vague and holy in others’ eyes, something sacred in crowds, in a bus of people staring out their windows, watching life. There should be a middle ground between believing in a certain god and believing that some mysterious third substance was between people. Like churches, I thought, there should be a place for people who just weren’t sure. There should be a place for people who see something but won’t dare say what it is. Maybe there’s something, something between people that is more than air and empty space, something holy in that nothing between one face and another.
~ Catherine Lacey, from “The Answers: A Novel” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 6, 2017)
Art: Monique Passicot, “Whispers“, 1991, colored pencil / graphite, 10x7in (via Hidden Sanctuary)
The ability to be aware of our wondering seems like a very good place to start. 💛
A fine place…
Its easy to forget that we are conscious beings hanging out in physical forms.
That undefinable essence that lives within all of us – that we occasionally get to glimpse in another – yes.
Exactly…
i love this. i think we see this is various unexpected places – the glimpses
Me too Beth, there is something here…
I do believe there is a heart connection between some that is an unspoken feeling. I trust that. Nice post David. 🌼💛
Hi Michelle. This passage hit me broadside the same way. There is something there to be trusted, and to follow. Thank you.
Can you imagine had there been nothing? Nothing holy in the eyes, nothing sacred in the crowds?
Beautiful post and love the photo pairing 🙂
There’s a lot to imagine there Sawsan, in your 2 sentences…A lot. Thank you.
When you write, you extract that sacred so beautifully.
Thank you Sawsan. Appreciate your kind words very much….
“there should be a place for people who just weren’t sure.”
Yes.
Thank you.
Nan Morrissette
Yes, for me too Nan…for me too…